How the nation should view Black men was laid down by the United States Supreme Court’s infamous 1857 Dred Scott decision. The Supreme Court stipulated that, “A black man has no rights, that a white man is bound to respect.” Never reversed in over 150 years, this infamous ruling was locked into the collective American psyche and passed down from generation to generation of ethnic Whites. The first lesson immigrants learn when they come to this country is that they are prized and valued over native Black Americans. This prevailing attitude impacts every aspect of how our political and law enforcement systems view and treat Blacks.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 17:42:03 +0000
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